The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-06

mail hitherto sent to that post office shCu'a
now be addressed to Montmorenci, .. I.
Col. B. f. Crayton. Of Anderson, lost his
finest cow, Kate Tyson, on Monday evening.
1t IS thought that she got some poisonous
vine in the lot in which she was gfaZlns'
Col. Crayton has sold three calves from
Kate Tyson for $500 She had taken the
first premium wherever exhibited ana
three years ago took premium at Goiunl-
bia over cow that had two weeks pre-
viously carried off the first premium a1
Baltimore
George K. Wright. one of the most enter
prislng business men i'll Columola, mas
started movement to establish cotbon
mill there. 1t is proposed that the MN siali
be built on good site on the canal bank ana
be driven by steam, the motive power 70 De
changed when water power can be obtained.
The capital stock will be in 5000 shares OF
$50 each, and may be increased TO @0,oo0
shares Subscriptions will be payable III ~
per cent. monthly installments.
Amy Avant tcoloredl, working on the
plantation of Maj. James ReaveS, IN Marion
county, died Tuesday of measles at the
advanced age of 122 years. She was re,
nlarllably well preserved, and retained al
her faculties up to the time OF her fatai IL
ness, previous to which she claimed tnat she
had never taken dose of medicine. During
the last cotton picking season she took her
place regularly in the cotton fields, ana
always performed good days work. her
age is well attested by family records.
School Commissioner ClinkscaleS, of An
derson, has received letter from Col Rlce,
stating that he had decided TO appropriate
500 for aiding the institute work to be done
this summer at WILLIAMSON. One OF the
conditions on which the money Is given Is
that the institute is to be open to all the
,f bl Anslp n az
tend. The only difficulty in the way will be
the inability of the little town of Williams
ton to accommodate all the teachers that
may attend However, if she is crowded,
Pelzer and the surrounding country will be
called into service
Within radius of four miles of Walhalla
there are $1,000 bearing grape vines, with
| about 20, 900 more from to two years Old.
Those engaged in this business have made 10
pay a handsome profit, and to-day there IS
not a single gallon OF wine of the vintage OF
| 1896 on hand u,lsold. The soil and climate
of Walhalla and the country surrounding
are especially adapted to the successful
growing of grapes and in a few years 1t
will almost, if not entirely, absorb the cot
ton interest of the county. as one acre IN
grapes will, with less labor and expense,
pay more clear profit than fifteen acres IN
| cotton.
An old colored man named Jerry Kenne-
| dy, while crossing the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta railroad bridge over the Con-
| garee river. FRIDAY morning, was overtaken
| by the passenger train for Augusta, and be-
| fore he could get out of the way was thrown
from the trestle His right leg was broken
| and deep cut inflicted in the back of his
head The wounded man was brought to
the junction an hour after, and later i'll the
day was taken to the almshouse. Jerry is
| deaf and did not know of the approach of
| the train until too late to save himself. On
| account of his old age his injuries Will
probably prove fatal.
| Gov Richardson and Commissioner But
| Ter went up country Tuesday as a commit
tee from the Board of Agriculture to inspect
the sites offered the State for the Piedmont
| agricultural experiment station. They
visited the sites near Spartanburg, Green
| vile, and that proposed by the counties of
| Anderson, 0conee and Pickens. In Green
| vile county they endeavored to ascertain
what a desirable site could be purchased for,
| the subscription of that county being made
wholly in money. The committee have as
| yet reached no decision as to what they will
recommend the Board of Agriculture to do
| They do not yet know if they will do more
than present the facts they have gathered.
The State Press Association met in
| Charleston on Thursday, it being their
| third annual session At the election of
officers for the ensuing year the following
| officers were unanimously re- elected: Presi-
! dent, Gen. NJ. B. insolvency, of the Hamp-
ton G1.Grdidn; First Vice President, Col
| Charles Petty, of the Carolina Spartan
Second Vice President, Capt. T. H. Clarke,
| of the Camden journal; Secretary, Maj. j.
| B. Bonner, of the Due West Presbyterian
| Treasurer, Maj. Franz Melchers, of the
Dentsche Zeitung; Chaplain, Rev. Sid H.
Browne, of the Christian Netghbor. On
motion of Col T. B. Crews Mr. Miles
Porcher McSweeney, now junior editor of
| the Hampton Guardian, was unanimously
elected an honorary member. Col Crews
explained that Mr. McSweeney was the
first born OF the President, and that the
association desired to have him III it's ranks
so that when the mantle should fail from
the shoulders of his father there should be
another of his name and abilities to wear it
worthily The association agreed with
him, and the election was unanimous.
Phosphate circles in the State are agitated
over well founded rumors that a wealthy
and powerful syndicate, including several
| Northern millionaireS, has been organized,
in which all the phosphate miners and min
ing companies have joined for the purpose
of controlling and keeping Up the price of
crude rock. Such a syndicate was in exist
ence a year or two ago, but it only en-
braced the miners of land rock, the river
companies failing to come over to it, al
though they kept the price up to its figures.
| A year ago, however, there was a depres-
sion in the market and the river companies
made q break. which was followed by the
dissolution of the land syndicate The
new plan contemplates the joining
of forces. David Roberts, the well known
phosphate miner of Charleston is to be the
manager and is to be given absolute control
of everything in the State, with power to
sell at such rates as he may fix. A material
advance in price may be looked for at an
early date. This is one of South Cardinals
greatest industries, Last year the aggre-
! gate production OF phosphate rock was 449,
COB tons. of which ISL SOB tons were exported
and 6S, 900 tons, We're consumed by the local
| fertilizer manufacturing companies. The
aggregate value of this production was in
round numbers S2,000,000. Large quaint
ties Of this rock are shipped to Northern
ports.
Greenville has an exciting sensation caused
by the strange conduct of James r. Web
ster, "a white man, who is highly educated
and has remarkable history He is ma
tive of East India and has lived in England
and Canada, where he was a minister OF the
Episcopal church for many years He was
very wealthy, and was thoroughly educated
in ancient and modern languages. Some
years ago, while travelling in East India, he
| experienced a sulistrolc, which nearly cost
| him oia nty xxrtftsb